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Deirdre Kemp Ordered Held After Driving Into Chicago ICE Protest

The judge cited her on-bail status as evidence of potential danger to protesters when ordering her held pending a June 26 court date.

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 19: A visitor cools off in Crown Fountain in downtown as temperatures are forecast to head into the mid to high 90’s with a heat index of around 115 degrees on July 19, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The heat wave gripping the city is affecting nearly two-thirds of the United states where more than 195 million people will experience temperatures above 90 degrees over the next few days. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Activists march in the Loop after protests took place across the country following recent ICE raids on immigrant communities on June 10, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
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Overview

  • At a June 23 detention hearing, a Cook County judge ordered Kemp held on charges of aggravated reckless driving causing bodily harm and aggravated fleeing with bodily injury.
  • Kemp is accused of veering a 2003 Kia Spectra into a crowd of anti-ICE demonstrators at State and Monroe streets on June 10.
  • Heather Blair, a 66-year-old protester, suffered a broken arm and bruising when an officer lost balance chasing Kemp into the crowd.
  • Prosecutors say Kemp ignored police orders to redirect her vehicle and had three children in the car at the time of the incident.
  • Kemp was on bond for a 2022 felony in Will County when she drove into the protest and is due back in court on June 26.